Richard A. Falk

Richard A. Falk "is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice at Princeton University since 1965. B.S. (economics), Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1952); LL.B., Yale Law School (1955); J.S.D., Harvard University (1962). He has been on the editorial boards of about ten journals and magazines, including the American Journal of International Law (1961-) and The Nation (1978-). Prof. Falk has served on the boards or been otherwise associated with scores of professional organizations, including serving as Chairman of the Consultative Council, Lawyers' Committee on American Policy Toward Vietnam (1967-75). Prof. Falk has provided expert testimony in many high profile cases and legislative and administrative hearings. He has been a member of international panels of jurors addressing "Marcos' Policies in the Philippines," "The Armenian Genocide," "Reagan's War Against Nicaragua," Nuclear Warfare, "Puerto Rico: A History of Repression and Struggle," and "Amazonia: Development and Human Rights." Prof. Falk has written extensively on international law and the law of war."


 * Namebase

He has recently authored a book with Howard Friel.


 * Director, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
 * Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Director, War and Peace Foundation
 * Former Director, Global Policy Forum
 * National Advisory Committee, Middle East Policy Council
 * Executive Council, American Society of International Law
 * International Associate, Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
 * Senior Scholar 2002, Institute for Policy Studies
 * A Member of a group that Edward S. Herman refers to as The New Humanitarians
 * Editorial Advisor, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
 * Editorial Board, Third World Quarterly
 * International Advisory Board, MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice
 * Advisory Council, SEARCH
 * Advisory Board (2002), Center for the Global South
 * Fellow (2008), Lindisfarne Association
 * Fellow, World Federalist Institute
 * Former Advisory Board member, American Movement for World Government
 * Former Member, Independent International Commission on Kosovo

Books

 * Terrence Paupp and Richard Falk, The Future of Global Relations: Crumbling Walls, Rising Regions (Palgrave Macmillan, June 2009).

Resources and articles

 * Robert B. Ahdieh

Related Sourcewatch

 * Saul H. Mendlovitz